Kleinstäuber Maria, Reuter Merle, Doll Norbert, Fallgatter Andreas J
Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Psychology, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany.
Department of Psychological Medicine, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Psychol Res Behav Manag. 2017 Aug 16;10:277-281. doi: 10.2147/PRBM.S143830. eCollection 2017.
Major depressive disorder is characterized by deficits in emotion regulation. This study examined associations between rock climbing and acute emotion regulating effects in patients with major depression.
In a nonrandomized, controlled study, 40 major depressive disorder inpatients were assigned to either a climbing session (n=20) or a relaxation session (n=20). Positive and negative affect, depressiveness, and coping emotions were assessed immediately before and after the session.
Mixed analyses of variance and covariance revealed significant time × group interaction effects for all assessed outcomes (≤0.012): positive affect and coping emotions significantly increased and negative affect and depressiveness significantly decreased after the climbing session (1.04≤ Cohen's ≤1.30), in contrast to a relaxation session (0.16≤ Cohen's ≤0.36).
The results show that rock climbing is associated with acute emotion regulatory effects. These findings have to be replicated with a randomized design, and future research should pay attention to possible mechanisms of rock climbing in regard to emotion regulation.
重度抑郁症的特征是情绪调节能力不足。本研究调查了攀岩与重度抑郁症患者急性情绪调节效果之间的关联。
在一项非随机对照研究中，40名重度抑郁症住院患者被分为攀岩组（n = 20）或放松组（n = 20）。在活动前后即刻评估积极和消极情绪、抑郁程度及应对情绪。
方差和协方差的混合分析显示，所有评估结果均有显著的时间×组间交互效应（≤0.012）：与放松组（0.16≤科恩系数≤0.36）相比，攀岩活动后积极情绪和应对情绪显著增加，消极情绪和抑郁程度显著降低（1.04≤科恩系数≤1.30）。
结果表明攀岩与急性情绪调节效果相关。这些发现必须通过随机设计进行重复验证，未来研究应关注攀岩在情绪调节方面的可能机制。
